Our Group has established the Environmental Policy as a policy related to environmental issues pertaining to our Group (including chemical substance management). Our Group's Environmental Policy is described on the following page.

The structure for supervision and management of environmental issues pertaining to our Group (including chemical substance management) is described on the following page.

The identification, assessment, and management of risks and opportunities related to environmental issues pertaining to our Group (including chemical substance management) are carried out in accordance with the risk management system and risk management process described on the following page.

Business Sites in Japan:
Although chemical substance emissions for fiscal 2022 remained mostly the same as the previous fiscal year, some business sites have reduced the amount of organic solvents used by changing production methods, resulting in a decrease for fiscal 2023.

Overseas Business Sites:
Although we continue to use chemical substance emissions to maintain quality in specific processes, we are continuing to implement measures to reduce emissions over the medium to long term.

The targets for 2020 agreed on at the WSSD call for the worldwide and comprehensive management of chemical substances throughout the product life cycle, from development to manufacturing, use, and disposal in order to minimize the significant adverse effects on human health and the environment caused by the manufacture and use of chemical substances. Since then, the laws and regulations in each country have become stricter, and our Group is taking action to comply with laws and regulations.

Aiming to achieve the SDGs in 2030, the government of each country is taking action proactively. The Group (each of our plants and research institutes worldwide) is working on the SDGs through the management of chemical substances carried out as part of our Responsible Care activities.

In terms of its management of chemical substances, the Group has a system in place for studying and reviewing chemical substance-related laws and regulations in Japan and throughout the world from the product development phase onward. We manage the chemical substances contained in products in order to comply with the laws of the countries where we operate and to minimize environmental impacts throughout product life cycles.

We are focusing on promoting the use of SDSs*¹ across the Group not only for disclosing information related to chemical substances under regulatory control in Japan and overseas, but also for disclosing relevant information voluntarily so as to improve the quality of the Group’s information disclosure practices. Particularly for the GHS*² system, we have introduced ExESS*³ and offer SDS and labels that are compliant with the laws and regulations of 46 countries and territories, including Japan, in the official languages of each country. We are revising our SDSs to comply with the addition of substances subject to the Industrial Safety and Health Act from April 2023.